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News Release from: Meden Valley Making Places | Subject: Redevelopment work
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 October 2006
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Meden Valley Making Places has been given the green light to start redevelopment work in four areas of derelict and rundown housing.
A housing regeneration body has been given the green light to start redevelopment work in four areas of derelict and rundown housing in north Nottinghamshire and north east Derbyshire Meden Valley Making Places (MVMP) was set up in 2003 to regenerate 11 areas of low demand housing in north Nottinghamshire and north east Derbyshire
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 18 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 'not for profit' organisation has revealed that it has received no objections to Compulsory Purchase Orders made by English Partnerships and confirmed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
This means MVMP can now acquire land and commence major regeneration programmes in the Mansfield Woodhouse, Upper Pleasley, Warsop Vale and Warsop areas.
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Work is scheduled to begin in early 2007, with MVMP set to provide more than 600 new homes in partnership with Bellway Homes.
A further 50 properties will be refurbished in conjunction with the LHA-ASRA Group and South Yorkshire Housing Association.
The MVMP project spans two district council areas - Mansfield and Bolsover - and operates across two county councils - Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
The scheme in Mansfield Woodhouse involves the complete redevelopment of the Thoresby Road area, alongside the selective redevelopment of properties on Lawrence Avenue.
The 101 new homes will range from one to four bedrooms and include semi-detached, town houses and detached houses, all with off-street parking or garages.
Seventy-five new homes will be built at Upper Pleasley, comprising a mixture of detached and semi-detached houses, town houses and bungalows.
A further 11 properties are to be refurbished by South Yorkshire Housing Association, with funding from the Housing Corporation, and these will be available for rent.
At Warsop Vale, 125 new homes will be developed, including 20 affordable homes (of which 10 will be bungalows for rent), provided by LHA-ASRA.
A further 38 properties will be fully refurbished by LHA-ASRA with Housing Corporation funding, and will be available for rent and shared ownership sale.
On the Royal Estate in Warsop, 263 new homes will be built, including detached and semi-detached houses, town houses, apartments and bungalows.
Thirty-five of these will be affordable homes available for either rent or assisted purchase, including five bungalows in partnership with LHA-ASRA.
MVMP Chief Executive Gary Kirk said: "This is great news for the area and allows us to get on with our main objective of providing decent homes, establishing attractive open spaces and creating new, sustainable communities.
"The fact that we received not one objection to the CPOs is a testament to they way we have sought to work closely with local people to agree a way forward which meets their needs, and those of the area as a whole".
Nicola Marshall of English Partnerships added: "Meden Valley Making Places has worked very hard to engage with local communities and involve them in the creation of masterplans for the regeneration of each area and we now look forward to seeing those plans start to become reality".
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